Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-05-02
The NJ. e. Conference

be seen there WAS a general tearing
up all around. T. P. Fiost, Montpe.
lier, was held in the conference. not
withstanding he had received call,
with promised increase of salary il
other conferences.
L. L. Beeman, who has beer
swinging around the circle ha.
come back to the conference and is
rewarded by the Barre appointment
one of the best in the conference. Il
almost seems to pay to take the part
of the ''prodigal SON. There was
a change of presiding elders in the
Montpelier district, Mr.. Sherburne
taking the Montpelier charge and
Rev. A. B. Truax the eldership OF
that district The st. Johnsbury dis
trict loses S. S. Brigham of Hard
/ wick, who has done two effective and
satisfactory years work there. IS
land Pond loses Mr.. Smithers, an ac-
ceptable preacher and man, and gets
in his place A. B. Enright, who leaves
Cabot after a successful term of three
years. Rev. W. I. Todd, last wear
at Barton Landing, where the people
would have been glad to have kept
him, gets better place, one of the best,
at Bellows Falls. ST. JOhnsbury is
fortunate in getting Rev. 7. p. Frost.
Newport receives a man from the
Springfield district, @. F. Arms, who
has the reputation of being a good
man and very acceptable pastor.
Rev Mr. Wallace of Westfeld is
compelled to pull up stakes and go
to Holland and Morgan. His friends
in Westfeld and Troy will much dis
like to have him go, though they get
P. n. Granger, former presiding ell
der, in his stead Mr.. Wallace will
find an excellent people in his new
appointment. Mr.. Farrow leaves
Holland and goes to West Concord.
Both pastor and people are disap-
pointed in this, but are liable to find
that both are well served. Mr.. Cur
rier, after two years Of very effective
labor, leaves Barton and goes to Ba-
kersfeld, where he finds a pleasant
field for labor. Rev. Mr.. Worthen,
who comes to Barton, closes three
years of labor at Richford, where he
did great service for his church, add
ing eighty members. He is one of
the most able preachers in the con-
ference Mr. Morse, who leaves
Glover and takes the E. Burke and
E. Haven field, will find ample scope
for work on his new charge. Rev.
A. B. Blake slips down to Hardwick,
and Rev. Scribner changes from New
port to Craftsbury. Among pastors
who formerly labored in this vicinity,
W. j. Johnson keeps his place at ST.
Adams, A. H. Webb remains at
Mortified, W. A. Evans at Middle
sex, o. D. Clapp at Waitsfeld, c.
H. Sweat at Enosburgh Falls, L.
Dodd at Richford, c. A. Smith at
West Enosburgh, W. D. Malcolm at
Milton, z. Folsom at Fairfax, L. E.
TAYLOR at Marshfield, II. A. Spencer
at Randolph, J. E. Knapp at Cabot,
Rev. J. NJ. Mcdonald comes back
into Orleans from Burke. Rev. John
Morse keeps his position at West
Burke, Geo. L. Wells comes off the
Montpelier district and takes the
Greensboro and Stannard work. Rev.
John Thurston has bought a farm in
Walden and goes back to SO. Wal
den. J. r. Bartlett, whom the con-
ference lifted out of the supernumer-
airy relation, is assigned to St. Johns
bury Center, and must either give
up publishing his prohibition paper
or refuse to take his charge. If he
chooses to do the latter thing, confer
ence will summarily dispose of him
at its next session. On the whole,
there has been an unusually large
number of changes and there will be
lots of ''new" ministers. The result
of so many changes cannot be pre-
dicted at present.
1t is the theory of the itinerant sys-
tenn that men must be subordinated
to the work, and that those who seem
best adapted to special work, or a
special field must be sent to it. 1t
comes pretty hard on ministers, and
harder on their wives to be sent from
Dan to Beersheba, but the laws are
memorable, and the system as a whole
works well. The following is the
list of appointments in the St. Johns
bury district:
Presiding Elder, S. Donaldson
Albany, J. Mcdonald;
Barton, II. W. Worthen.
Barton Landing and Bloomington,
W. n. Roberts.
Bloomfield and Lexington, S. L.
Hedges.
Canaan, supplied.